Folks may also want to check out "senior citizen" deals. I got a roughly $50/mo plan for seniors that includes plenty of US-wide voice, data (2G) but pay as you go SMS which is not an issue for me. Mine is with Vzn but I get the impression this is becoming standard .. the telcos really want to get granny hooked on data!
-- Owen On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I just returned to the ATT fold (but gently) by picking up a new SIM and > new number and then converting my wife's legacy account along with the new > SIM for my phone into a "Mobile Share" plan. Unlimited txt/talk plus 1G > clocks in at $120 which is about what we paid before on a "family share" > plan at one time. > > Mobile share *also* gives us the ability to *tether* with either of our > phones (iPhone). My wife and I are giving up our landline ( moving the > number to Google Voice ) and just added an iPad (wifi only) to our > menagerie. > > I still have my T-Mobile pay-as-you-go plan which is unlimited txt/talk > and *effectively* unlimited data. I had *hoped* that I would have days > when I didn't use it at all, keeping the cost down to somewhat less than > $60/mo. The fact was that unless I turned off the phone, this plan got > disrupted at *some* point by one txt or another. > > One thing I have to look out for with my current situation is "phantom > loads" on the data. Google Latitude is a simple example... A fairly > simple solution is to just turn of cell data until/if you need it. > > - Steve > > > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: > >> To the wider list: do you have any idea how much data you actually use? >> >> I know from both looking at my Verizon account "data meter" and >> traveling in Italy with a 2Gb pay-as-you-go, that I never go past 1G in a >> month. >> >> I also find that Wifi is so available .. both here and Italy .. that it >> likely reduces my data usage. >> >> -- Owen >> >> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Douglas Roberts >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Owen, >>> >>> Since I live in Nambe where the T-Mobile coverage is poor to >>> non-existent, and since I work out of the home where I have good WiFi >>> coverage from my Centurylink DSL, I don't use very much mobile network >>> data. I travel on the average about once a month, and I'm in Santa Fe >>> about 3 times a week, but I doubt I'll ever reach my 2GB cap where T-Mobile >>> starts to throttle my bandwidth. >>> >>> --Doug >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Way cool. A question: have you monitored your data usage? I find I >>>> never get even close to the 2Gb allowance, do you? >>>> >>>> -- Owen >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Douglas Roberts >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Part of what you get from being an early adopter. >>>>> >>>>> http://things-linux.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-good.html >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Doug Roberts >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> [email protected]* >>>>> *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >>>>> * >>>>> 505-455-7333 - Office >>>>> 505-672-8213 - Mobile* >>>>> >>>>> ============================================================ >>>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Doug Roberts >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected]* >>> *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> >>> * >>> 505-455-7333 - Office >>> 505-672-8213 - Mobile* >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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